Scratches Quotes - Page 17

• Our forefathers were not only brave. I believe they were right. I believe that what they meant was that every man born had equal right to grow from scratch by way of his own power unhindered to the highest expression of himself possible to him.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Believe, Men, Expression

  Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (1995). “1949-1959”, Rizzoli International Publications

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• I like everything in this iPhone, iPod world where you can do everything all the time. Back in my time, you bought a vinyl record when you were a kid and took it home, and it took a bit of effort to actually get it out of the thing and not scratch it.

  Rick Astley

  Home, Kids, Iphone

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'

  Orlando Bloom

  Dirty, Boys, Naughty

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When you're shopping, too, you feel like you're designing as you're shopping. You're like, 'I love this, but I wish it was shorter or I wish it was purple. I wish it was a different fabric,' you know. It starts there, but then when you have to start from scratch, it really comes with an idea first, and then... you want to tweak and then you come up with something else and you want to add to it or change. It's fun. It's like an ocean - you can do whatever.

  Rihanna

  Fun, Ocean, Shopping

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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• An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms, and rebuild a new world.

  Henri Langlois

  Art, People, Genius

  "Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting. You don't have to start from scratch to have a massive impact on the world. You have to have a good idea. You have to convince other people of those good ideas. And you have to push as quickly as possible.

  Jack Dorsey

  Impact, Ideas, People

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• My repertoire is small, but I can make a pretty tasty pasta sauce from scratch.

  Cynthia Addai-Robinson

  Pasta, Sauce, Tasty

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I don't like comfort zones. Having never had any drama training, I don't really have a technique, so I'm continually learning new things. I like being frightened, and always having to start from scratch.

  Lea Seydoux

  Drama, Training, Technique

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• The Israeli accent wasn't one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was very fortunate I had the right amount of time.

  Eric Bana

  Accents, Familiar, Israeli

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• After awhile, marriage gets a little stale and you're looking for something to scratch that a little.

  Boris Kodjoe

  Littles, Stale

  "Boris Kodjoe Interview UNDERCOVERS". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 18, 2010.

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• I don't write. I usually look for material by other people. Sometimes I change things or adapt things but I don't write from scratch. I wish I had that ability.

  Clint Eastwood

  Writing, People, Wish

  Interview with Michael Parkinson, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2003.

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• I don't think I've ever done a character like this before, so I couldn't really draw from previous roles. I've been known for doing a lot of comedies in England, so I don't think that would have worked. I completely went from scratch, with this one, and used the research and what was in the script, and spoke to Chris. It's all from in my mind ,rather than drawing from previous experiences or roles.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Character, Thinking, Drawing

  Source: collider.com

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• Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a peasant.

  Milla Jovovich

  Peasants

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• Captain Hook's mother, who said to Little Hook, For God sakes, don't scratch it! Never got a dinner!

  Red Buttons

  Mother, Hook, Littles

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• A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!

  Sheldon Harnick

  Crazy, Home, Simple

  "Fictional character: Tevye". "Fiddler on the Roof", www.imdb.com. 1971.

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• But, it's much easier to do that than produce the movies from scratch. It excites the same thing in me, whether we build it from the ground up, or whether we come on when the movie is done or almost done. The idea of supporting the underdog and getting a smaller movie out there in a big way is equally exciting.

  Jason Blum

  Ideas, Underdog, Almost Done

  Source: collider.com

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• Scratch me and you will find the Nonconformist.

  Austen Chamberlain

  Nonconformist

  "The Life and Letters of Sir Austen Chamberlain: Vol. II" by Sir Charles Petrie, Cassell, (p. 321), 1940.

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• I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down a few times, making sure to stumble at least once. What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won't even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. Yours truly has put this magic formula to use, with great success!

  Anne Frank

  Running, Fall, Worry

  Anne Frank (2011). “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition”, p.180, Bantam

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• Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.

  Markus Zusak

  Heart, Might, Made

  Markus Zusak (2016). “The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.47, Random House

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• Jane," I said quietly. She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer. "Yes, Mary? Forgive me, I was praying." "If you go on flirting with the king with those sickly little smiles, one of us Boleyns is going to scratch your eyes out.

  Philippa Gregory

  Kings, Prayer, Eye

  Philippa Gregory (2008). “The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)”, p.582, Simon and Schuster

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• Scratch any fortune and you'll find blood only a generation or two back...child labor in mines or mills...Slavery. Drugs. Stock swindles. Wasting nature with clear-cuts, pollution, harvesting to extinction. Monopolies. Disease. War. Every fortune comes out of something unpleasant.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Children, War, Cutting

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• Did you know that wasn’t me, the other Max?” I asked. “Yeah.” “When?” “Right away.” “How?” I persisted. “We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?” He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. “She offered to cook breakfast.

  James Patterson

  Clothes, Max, Looks

  James Patterson (2006). “School's Out--Forever: A Maximum Ride Novel”, p.142, Hachette UK

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• I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Buddhist, Swings, Mind

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.138, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• At heart, I have always been a coper, I've mostly been able to walk around with my wounds safely hidden, and I've always stored up my deep depressive episodes for the weeks off when there was time to have an abbreviated version of a complete breakdown. But in the end, I'd be able to get up and on with it, could always do what little must be done to scratch by.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Depression, Heart, Done

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If I'm going to have something rich and yummy, I'm not reaching for prepackaged brownies. I'm going to make a pie from scratch.

  Marisa Miller

  Yummy, Pie, Rich

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